San Floriano - Valpolicella - Verona (Antica Pieve)
Chiesa di San Floriano - Valpolicella - Verona - La pieve di San Floriano è uno dei monumenti più rappresentativi dell'arte romanica esistenti nel veronese ed è nominata, per la prima volta, in un diploma imperiale di Berengario I, Re d'Italia nel 905. Sorta con tutta probabilità sui resti di una più antica pieve longobarda, ingloba nella sua struttura consistenti resti di un precedente tempio pagano, visibili nella facciata della chiesa: un'ara pagana, con sopra i simboli sacrificali (anfora, coltello e piatto per le offerte), blocchi in pietra ben squadrati, posti agli angoli e, all'inizio del chiostro, due grifi rampanti.
La bellissima facciata è in tufo, con conci regolari, e tripartita da lesene triangolari.
La porta d'ingresso, in marmo rosso, è sormontata da un protiro timpanato, sostenuto da mensole e decorato da alcuni affreschi ormai sbiaditi.
Church of St. Florian - Valpolicella - Verona - The parish church of St. Florian is one of the most representative monuments of Romanesque art existing in Verona and is named for the first time, an imperial diploma of Berengar I, King of Italy in 905 . Founded in all probability the remains of an ancient Lombard church, in its structure incorporates substantial remains of a former pagan temple, visible in the facade of the church: a pagan altar, with over the sacrificial symbols (amphora, knife and plate offerings ), well-squared stone blocks, in the corners and at the beginning of the cloister, two griffins rampant.
The beautiful facade is tuff, with regular quoins, pilasters and tripartite triangular.
The front door, red marble, surmounted by a tympanum porch, supported by brackets and decorated with frescoes faded.
Kirche von St. Florian - Valpolicella - Verona - Die Pfarrkirche von St. Florian ist einer der bedeutendsten Monumente der Romanik bestehenden in Verona und ist zum ersten Mal genannt, ein kaiserliches Diplom Berengar I., König von Italien in 905 . Gegründet in aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach die Überreste einer antiken Lombard Kirche, in seiner Struktur enthält beträchtliche Reste einer ehemaligen heidnischen Tempels, sichtbar in der Fassade der Kirche: ein heidnischer Altar, mit über die Opfer-Symbole (Amphoren, Messer und Platte Angebote ), gut-squared Steinblöcke, in den Ecken und am Anfang des Klosters, zwei Greife an der Tagesordnung.
Die schöne Fassade ist aus Tuffstein, mit regelmäßigen Ecksteine, Pilastern und dreigliedrigen dreieckig.
Die Haustür, aus rotem Marmor, ein Tympanon Veranda überwunden, unterstützt durch Klammern und mit Fresken verblasst.
TV 2000 | Solenne Pontificale e Supplica alla Vergine del Rosario di Pompei |08/05/2019
TV 2000 ha trasmesso il Solenne Pontificale e la Supplica alla Beata Vergine del Rosario di Pompei, in diretta dalla Piazza Bartolo Longo, di fronte alla Basilica Santuario della Madonna del Rosario di Pompei.
Presieduto da S. E. Mons Edgar Peña Parra, sostituto per li affari generali della segreteria di stato
Anna Monterisi and Alberto Salimbeni perform Air on the G string by J. S. Bach
Recorded live in Forlì (FC), Italy.
Suffragio church
Anna Monterisi, clarinet
Alberto Salimbeni, Callido organ
Special thanks to the rector, don Paolo Giuliani, for his kind permission.
This piece is extract from the Orchestral Suite n. 3
Digital audio recording by Zoom Q3HD
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Rimini (Italian pronunciation: [ˈriːmini] (listen); Romagnol: Rémin; Latin: Ariminum) is a city of 150,292 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient Ariminus) and Ausa (ancient Aprusa). It is one of the most famous seaside resorts in Europe, thanks to its 15-kilometre-long (9 mi) sandy beach, over 1,000 hotels, and thousands of bars, restaurants and discos. The first bathing establishment opened in 1843.
An art city with ancient Roman and Renaissance monuments, Rimini is the hometown of the famous film director Federico Fellini as well.
Founded by the Romans in 268 BC, throughout their period of rule Rimini was a key communications link between the north and south of the peninsula, and on its soil Roman emperors erected monuments like the Arch of Augustus and the Tiberius Bridge, while during the Renaissance, the city benefited from the court of the House of Malatesta, which hosted artists like Leonardo da Vinci and produced works such as the Tempio Malatestiano.
In the 19th century, Rimini was one of the most active cities in the revolutionary front, hosting many of the movements aimed at Italian unification. In the course of World War II, the city was the scene of clashes and bombings, but also of a fierce partisan resistance that earned it the honour of a gold medal for civic valor. Finally, in recent years it has become one of the most important sites for trade fairs and conferences in Italy.
The total approximate population of the Rimini urban area is 225,000 and the provincial population is 330,000.
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In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire. The term is sometimes used to refer only to the kingdom and republic periods, excluding the subsequent empire.The civilization began as an Italic settlement in the Italian peninsula, dating from the 8th century BC, that grew into the city of Rome and which subsequently gave its name to the empire over which it ruled and to the widespread civilisation the empire developed. The Roman empire expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world, though still ruled from the city, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population) and covering 5.0 million square kilometres at its height in AD 117.In its many centuries of existence, the Roman state evolved from a monarchy to a Classical Republic and then to an increasingly autocratic empire. Through conquest and assimilation, it eventually dominated the Mediterranean region, Western Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and parts of Northern and Eastern Europe. It is often grouped into classical antiquity together with ancient Greece, and their similar cultures and societies are known as the Greco-Roman world.
Ancient Roman civilisation has contributed to modern government, law, politics, engineering, art, literature, architecture, technology, warfare, religion, language, and society. Rome professionalised and expanded its military and created a system of government called res publica, the inspiration for modern republics such as the United States and France. It achieved impressive technological and architectural feats, such as the construction of an extensive system of aqueducts and roads, as well as the construction of large monuments, palaces, and public facilities.
By the end of the Republic (27 BC), Rome had conquered the lands around the Mediterranean and beyond: its domain extended from the Atlantic to Arabia and from the mouth of the Rhine to North Africa. The Roman Empire emerged with the end of the Republic and the dictatorship of Augustus Caesar. 721 years of Roman-Persian Wars started in 92 BC with their first war against Parthia. It would become the longest conflict in human history, and have major lasting effects and consequences for both empires. Under Trajan, the Empire reached its territorial peak. Republican mores and traditions started to decline during the imperial period, with civil wars becoming a prelude common to the rise of a new emperor. Splinter states, such as the Palmyrene Empire, would temporarily divide the Empire during the crisis of the 3rd century.
Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent barbarian kingdoms in the 5th century. This splintering is a landmark historians use to divide the ancient period of universal history from the pre-medieval Dark Ages of Europe. The eastern part of the empire endured through the 5th century and remained a power throughout the Dark Ages and medieval times until its fall in 1453 AD. Although the citizens of the empire made no distinction, the empire is most commonly referred to as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians during the Middle Ages to differentiate between the state of antiquity and the nation it grew into.
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